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CFAO Motors acquires Suzuki franchise in Nigeria

CFAO Motors

For some time now, auto industry watchers believe that the Suzuki brand has been silent and left them guessing as to what is happening to the Japanese brand launched about five years ago to battle rivals.

Today, latest news is that CFAO Motors has snapped over the dealership of the Suzuki brand and ready to deliver better services to prospective individual and corporate fleet buyers. It would be recalled that Suzuki Motors Corporation in 2007 appointed C&I Motors Limited as its distributor and representative in Nigeria.

Reacting on the latest acquisition of Suzuki brand dealership in Nigeria, Thomas Pelletier, managing director of CFAO Motors/ Country Delegate, stated that his company took over the Suzuki car franchise to complement the range of models distributed by the company and to satisfy the needs of car enthusiasts in search of trendy pocket-friendly vehicles.

He said: “It gives us great pleasure to introduce the Suzuki brand of vehicles to the Nigerian market, distributed by CFAO Motors Nigeria and also by the CFAO Group in 25 other African countries.

“Our partner, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan is renowned for the production of top quality and reliable vehicles which are widely trusted for durability and competitive prices”.

The Suzuki models available in Nigeria are city cars: Alto, Dzire, Swift, Baleno, Ciaz and Ertiga. The Off Road Vehicles/Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are Jimny, Vitara. All vehicles come with a 3 year or 100,000 km warranty.

According to the MD: “Now, our customers can own a brand new vehicle for just N3.6 million ’’

As is traditional with CFAO, the company has already trained it engineers and technicians on the technicalities of the Suzuki brand in a bid to offer prompt after-sales services in terms of maintenance, repairs and genuine spare parts.

Other brands under CFAO Automotive division in Nigeria include: Mitsubishi Motors (through joint venture Massilia Motors), Fuso, JCB, King Long.

 

MIKE OCHONMA